Costuming

  Hi Blog! This week my group and I discussed more of the specifics in our story, including the mise en scene element of costuming!

 Costuming

   For costuming, we wanted to utilize a technique we notices in La La Land, which was used by the character Mia. In the beginning of the film, she wears bright colors, specifically blue. Throughout the film, she wears a more muted shade of blue to represent her relationship with Sebastian is fading. At the very end of the movie, where she is now famous and in a relationship with another man, her costuming is completely black. Once reunited with Sebastian, the lighting works in convergence with the dark costuming as it is the bright blue shaded lighting that was so prominent in the beginning of the film.

    When were are deciding the costuming for the film, we based it off of the character's personality that we outlined in the recent posts, included in the mood board. However, we are going to do the opposite of La La Land, and have Aurora start out in muted, sad colors, and eventually become her true unfiltered self once she is with Sam instead of Kai. Sam and Kai have very opposite aesthetics, so that is why we are planning on depicting that with the transition of Aurora's costuming as her character develops. Since we are only showing the film opening, Aurora will be wearing darker clothing with possible pops of color, since she still is herself. will upload photos of the actual costume once we have decided, but for now, we are thinking possibly black ripped jeans with a colored top and a leather jacket. Of course, more casual than the photo since she is in high school, and we want the costume to be realistic.

    For our other two characters, we don't have as big of a change since they are more set in their ways.

Especially Kai, as he will be wearing dark colors throughout the film, along with the tattoo arm sleeve and dark combat boots. Kai's character is a stereotypical bad boy, which anyone who has attended a public High School knows what kids I am talking about. His costuming in the opening will continue to be similar throughout the film, since he especially will not develop in a positive way. How a character dresses is a lens into where the character is mentally, and Kai has a very dark, emotional mind, which will be expressed in the costuming.

Finally, for Sam, we will be dressing him in very whimsical clothing that also look nerdy, because we cannot have him look stereotypically attractive, as his role as the "nerd" needs to be evident in the 2 minutes that we have. We plan on utilizing the cloak that I had discussed in a previous post, however eventually later in the film when Sam stops wearing it in recognition that he doesn't have to hide who he is, Aurora (who is very stylish) will help Sam with his aesthetic and vibe in clothing, which could be a fun scene to include of the two of them shopping. Sam will wear a lot of t-shirts in the beginning along with the converse and of course, the cloak.